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With a programme that resolutely looks forward, Hong Kong’s Arbitration Week anticipates an intriguing future, one that values Asian opportunities and aligns an international outlook with an integrated approach to Chinese sensibilities, from the Greater Bay Area to the Belt & Road Initiative – but against a backdrop of fierce political controversy.

As Barclays, Citibank, HSBC, JPMorgan, RBS and UBS face antitrust action in the English High Court over forex manipulation, four of those banks, plus one other, are fined more than EUR 1 billion by the European Commission over their roles in two cartels.

Italian payment services company Nexi conducted its initial public offering (IPO) in April, raising a reported USD 2.3 billion. The bank was listed on Milanese stock exchange Borsa Italiana in an offering that was coordinated by Italian banks Banca IMI and Mediobanca, as well as international institutions Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs International.

In January, the Patents Court in the High Court of England and Wales granted a preliminary injunction to Novartis to stop infringement of its second medical use patent covering the sale of its breast cancer drug.

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